from www.detnews.com – Detroit — The Miami Companions madam busted recently in Detroit wanted her own drama TV show and wrote a steamy pitch that named a rock star and Washington lobbyist among her clients, according to an e-mail obtained by The Detroit News.
The madam, Laurie Carr [pictured with her husband], wrote the e-mail in June 2007 in hopes of persuading TV executives to create a series based on the Miami Companions escort service.
The e-mail, part of which was filed in U.S. District Court in Detroit, identified the rock star as a client and claimed that the lobbyist for the National Association of Realtors took her as a guest to one of President George W. Bush’s State of the Union addresses.
The rock star, a lead singer of one of the most successful modern rock bands in recent years, was known as a customer with “very deep pockets” who “always paid for multiple hours every time his wife was out of town,” according to the e-mail written by Carr, who has cut a plea deal with federal prosecutors.
The lobbyist bought Carr expensive lingerie, which she wore as his guest to a State of the Union address, according to the e-mail. Carr, who is accused of running the sex ring with ex-husband Greg Carr, said she sat next to a general.
The Detroit News is not publishing the names because the men did not admit to being Miami Companions clients.
The rock star’s name was part of Laurie Carr’s e-mail, excerpts of which were included in a search warrant affidavit filed in the Miami Companions case.
The Detroit News obtained a copy of the full e-mail.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office declined comment on the e-mail’s contents.
The rock star’s manager said she does not comment on her client’s “personal life.”
Realtors association spokesman Lucien Salvant said the lobbyist knows the Carrs and arranged for her to obtain a State of the Union ticket.
But, he added, Laurie Carr’s story is riddled with “inaccuracies.”
“The story was written by her to sell as a TV program to sensationalize her experiences. As such, it’s a Hollywood fantasy,” Salvant said.
“The letter is filled with inaccuracies designed to attract a favorable response from TV executives, and it should be treated as such. To publish it would be irresponsible.”
While it is unclear which State of the Union address Carr attended, it is believed to have been approximately 2004.
“None of this was in his capacity as a lobbyist with (the National Association of Realtors),” Salvant said of the lobbyist.
“I don’t know if he was a client. He’s known (Greg and Laurie Carr) for a long time, socialized with them, but didn’t offer anything on whether he was a client or not.”
The lobbyist did not return phone messages or an e-mail seeking comment.
The e-mail also offers insight into the couple’s lifestyle. Laurie Carr, 40, said at the time she and her husband were swingers and attended swing clubs in South Florida.
“I never intend for my son or my family to ever know about our business,” she wrote.
The FBI and U.S. Attorney’s Office busted the international escort service in July. The Carrs and three others were indicted on various prostitution or money-laundering charges.
The Miami-based sex ring dispatched dozens of prostitutes to hotels and beachfront villas around the world. Detroit was one of the alleged sex ring’s busiest stops in the United States, according to prosecutors.
Greg Carr is facing 11 counts of conspiracy to coerce and entice prostitution, coercion and enticement of prostitution, and conspiracy to commit money laundering. The most severe charge carries a 20-year, $500,000 penalty.
Laurie Carr is the government’s key witness against her ex-husband and cut a plea deal with prosecutors that could bring a 12-month prison term if she provides substantial cooperation.
Her lawyer, Oscar Rodriguez, declined comment about the e-mail.
Greg Carr’s attorney, Paul DeCailly, has seen the e-mail.
“It’s juicy, but it doesn’t affect my client or his case,” he said. “That was her thing.”
In the e-mail, Laurie Carr spins a story about the rock star and two Miami Companions escorts.
On one occasion, the singer hired two “hot girls” named Paris and Julie, according to the e-mail. They went to his house in southern Florida, where he allegedly had sex with Julie while Paris danced.
The rock star later drove the two women to what they believed was a drug house in Miami Beach, according to the e-mail. The women got scared, left in a cab and went home.
The next day, the escorts returned to the rock star’s house to pick up their car.
“As Julie was getting out of Paris’ car, (the rock star’s) wife ran out to them screaming and wanted to know what the (expletive) their car was doing there,” Laurie Carr wrote.
“Julie unfortunately broke the cardinal rule and told (the rock star’s) wife the truth, they were escorts, they had been their (sic) the night before partying and they didn’t feel safe to drive back with (him) because he was so (expletive) up. (The rock star) then called us screaming that he would never use our agency again. That sucked for us …”The rock star’s wife issued the following statement to The Detroit News: “What was stated never occurred while I was in the house,” she said.
“I have no knowledge of this situation.”
According to Laurie Carr’s pitch, the lobbyist was a regular customer.
“His favorite scenario would be that when he knocked on the girl’s hotel door she would answer and introduce herself as the real estate agent that was showing him a condo,” Laurie Carr wrote in the pitch.
The lobbyist, meanwhile, would send Laurie Carr books autographed by Bush’s daughters, President Bill Clinton and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, according to the pitch. He also sent expensive lingerie.
One day, the lobbyist offered her a ticket to the State of the Union address.
“He called me and said he wanted to meet me,” Laurie Carr wrote. “He had an extra ticket to the State of the Union address with Bush and asked if I wanted to go. So (Greg) and I flew to D.C.
“(He) asked if I would wear the black stocking set he had given me with a suit. So I wore a cobalt blue suit with black stockings, garter belt and matching thong and bra,” Laurie Carr wrote.
Laurie Carr recounted how she had to go through security and take an underground train to the House of Representatives chamber at the U.S. Capitol. Once there, she said, she sat next to a five-star general.
“If they only knew how I got this ticket,” Laurie Carr wrote.
There are no living five-star generals and the rank has been awarded only once since World War II.
That recipient, Gen. Omar Bradley, died in 1981.
Laurie Carr said she was unimpressed by the politicians’ behavior during the address.
“The whole event actually seemed very childish to me,” she wrote.